Prevalence of Biofilm Formation and Wide Distribution of Virulence Associated Genes among Vibrio spp. Strains Isolated from the Monastir Lagoon, Tunisia

BADREDDINE MECHRI1, 2*, AMEL MEDHIOUB2, MOHAMED NEJIB MEDHIOUB2 and MAHJOUB AOUNI1 1Laboratory of Contagious Diseases and Biologically Active Substances, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Monastir, Monastir, Tunisia 2Laboratory of Aquaculture, National Institute of Marine Sciences and Technology, Monastir, Tunisia *Corresponding author: B. Mechri, Faculté de Pharmacie, ...
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Antimicrobial Activity of Penicillin G and N-acetylcystein on Planktonic and Sessile Cells of Streptococcus suis

IVETTE ESPINOSA1, MICHEL BÁEZ1, EVELYN LOBO1, SIOMARA MARTÍNEZ1 and MARCELO GOTTSCHALK2 1Department of Microbiology, National Centre for Animal and Plant Health, José de Las Lajas Mayebeque, Cuba 2Groupe de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses du Porc and Centre de Recherche en Infectiologie Porcine, Faculte de Medecine Veterinaire, Université de Montreal, St-Hyacinthe, ...
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Chaperone DnaJ Influences the Formation of Biofilm by Escherichia coli

ANNA M. GRUDNIAK*, JOLANTA WŁODKOWSKA and KRYSTYNA I. WOLSKA Department of Bacterial Genetics, Institute of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Poland *Corresponding author: A. M. Grudniak, Institute of Microbiology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland; e-mail: grudam@biol.uw.edu.pl Submitted 11 February 2015,  Revised 16 July 2015, Accepted 17 July 2015...
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Investigation of the Actual Causes of Hip Joint Implant Loosening Classified as Aseptic – Analysis of Microbiological Culture Results and Levels of Inflammatory Markers

DAGMARA STRZELEC-NOWAK1*, MARIA KOZIOŁ-MONTEWKA1, JUSTYNA NIEDŹWIADEK1, AGNIESZKA BOGUT1, JAN BLACHA3 and TOMASZ MAZURKIEWICZ2 1 Department of Medical Microbiology, Medical University, Lublin, Poland 2 Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Medical University, Lublin, Poland 3 Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Pola...
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The Application of Impedance Microsensors for Real-Time Analysis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm Formation

KONRAD CHABOWSKI1, ADAM FELIKS JUNKA2*, PATRYCJA SZYMCZYK3, TOMASZ PIASECKI1, ANDRZEJ SIERAKOWSKI4, BEATA MĄCZYŃSKA2 and KAROL NITSCH1 1 Faculty of Microsystem Electronics and Photonics, Wrocław University of Technology, Wrocław, Poland 2 Department of Pharmaceutical Microbiology and Parasitology, Medical University of Wrocław, Wrocław, Poland 3 Centre for Advanced Manufac...
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